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KNAU update for Aug. 4

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KNAU Insider prEview – August 4th, 2017
Garrison Keillor Returns To Flagstaff August 26th
Mark your calendars as KNAU is bringing Garrison Keillor back to Flagstaff on Saturday August 26th with a live performance at the Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill Park in Flagstaff, AZ.

Two-plus hours of stories, love duets, Guy Noir, Cowboys, poetic outbursts, and their famous Singing Intermission at which the Eager & Able-Bodied stand and sing around the campfire.
Tickets are available here.

Special KNAU pricing of $125 for sections B, C, D rows 1-10 * (first come first served)
Earth Notes: Colorado Parks Pass
These days patrons can find everything from books to computers at their local library. In Colorado, they find even more. There, libraries have become gateways to exploring nature. Learn more at KNAU.org.
Interior Department Streamlines Tribal Land Buy-Back Program
The U.S. Department of the Interior is streamlining a program that consolidates privately owned tribal land with multiple owners. The process called fractionation prevents home building and business creation on millions of acres. Learn more at KNAU.org.
Brain Food: Total Solar Eclipse Offers Opportunity to Study the Sun

Total solar eclipses cast an eerie darkness over the day, but astronomers say that’s an ideal time to study the sun. Jeff Hall is an astronomer and sun expert at Lowell Observatory. He says when the sun’s brilliance is blocked out by the moon, other solar features appear. Learn more at KNAU.org.
State Launches Public Awareness Campaign On Flooding Danger

State officials are launching a campaign to make Arizonans aware of the year-round risk of flooding, particularly during the monsoon. Director Wendy Smith-Reeve of the Arizona Division of Emergency Management says most people know Arizona has wildfires but that flooding is the most expensive and destructive disaster facing the state. Learn more at KNAU.org.
WW II Era Hand Grenade Found At An Arizona Construction Area
Authorities say a World War II era hand grenade was found in a construction area in northern Arizona and safely removed. Coconino County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Schuff Steel in Bellemont around 9 a.m. Wednesday after the grenade was found partially exposed above ground. Learn more at KNAU.org.